The original movie is, of course, a dark tale of high school cliques and murderous rebels, starring Nona, Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty. Lakeshore's Gary Lucchesi says that the idea for a sequel or a remake had surfaced at various times, "but doing it for TV seemed like a fresh and original idea."
Jenny Bicks, who worked on Sex and the City, is on board as a writer and executive producer, alongside Mark Rizzo, whose only credit we can find so far is a TV pilot called Zip,
Heathers was a pretty self-contained story, and a sequel would have been tough to pull off successfully. Certainly its difficult to see how Ryder and Slater could have featured (maybe Winona could be a teacher at the school now; she told us that Slater would be back in an "Obi-Wan" capacity).
The fear is that it would have to seriously have its teeth pulled in these post-Columbine times, but we can see a TV series working, especially given the diary-entry structure of the film. Do you agree, or do you wonder what everyone's damage is?
This is better than a remake at least, so we should be thankful for that. If this was on HBO I'd have some interest, but on a mainstream network this is destined to be toothless and tame. I can't see it lasting more than one season and maybe picking up a bit of a cult following ten years later. ... Read More
Not wanting to sound tooo studio exec but there is a gap for a proper adult high school drama. fuck 90210 and it's liberal 'solving issues' "ooh I'm too rich", "Ooh Daddy's a fanny rat", "Oooh I'm biPolar because I had interracial sex". Like the idea of slater speaking to Ryder from beyond the grave, it could be this time it's the teachers and adults who are more fucked up than the kids.... And I reckon this could push some boundaries (have you seen True Blood?). ... Read More
seriously what the fuck is wrong with these people instead fogoing for fresh ideas the tur books into films, films into tv shows what is wrong why cant we some originaslity please!! ... Read More
